On 13.09.2013 14:42:44, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > At Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:31:53 +0200, > Marin Ramesa wrote: > > diff --git a/device/dev_name.c b/device/dev_name.c > > index bf541df..6ce4b19 100644 > > --- a/device/dev_name.c > > +++ b/device/dev_name.c > > @@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ name_equal(src, len, target) > > int len; > > char *target; > > { > > - while (--len >= 0) > > + while (--len >= 0) { > > if (*src++ != *target++) > > return FALSE; > > + if (*src == '\0' && *target != '\0') > > + return FALSE; > > + } > > Shouldn't this return TRUE? > > Neal
I don't think so. The function tests if 'src' and 'target' are equal for 'len' characters, so if 'src' null-terminates inside the loop and 'target' doesn't, it means that they are not equal (btw in the comments it says that 'target' is sure to be null-terminated).